This is my second post about our 10-day trip to Maui this past April! It covers days 4 & 5, which were full of rain, birds, rainbows, sunsets, fog, flowers, and FAILs.

Finally, over 2 weeks after getting home from Maui, Hawaii, I present you with my first post, which covers days 1, 2 & 3. It discusses our sort-of botched snorkeling trip, our discovery of a hidden Japanese temple, and a freak rain storm that trapped us at the hotel for the last few hours of day 3!

I think I know what Bonkers was doing while we were off in Hawaii for 10 days! I think he was practicing how to successfully scale the living room cat tree! Not good!!!

And not the cute, algae and moth covered variety. The pure, lazy, lay on the couch and do nothing variety! I actually slept until 2:30pm this past Saturday… I think it’s a combination of jet lag from our Hawaii trip [I know, poor me…] and work being completely bat-shit crazy for the past few months, particularly since I’ve been back.

UPDATE: Bizarrely, since writing this post the other day, one of my 4 cherry barb fish has completely disappeared… either my new snails are carnivorous, or it’s just a baffling mystery.
I’ve had a 5-10 gallon fish tank on my kitchen counter for going on 15 years. I love having one, even though at times the maintenance can be frustrating & challenging.

For the past 10 days [well, from 4/25 to 5/4] I was in Maui, Hawaii with hubby! I wrote my past 3 posts before I left, and had them set up to automatically publish while I was gone – I’m sneaky like that! So look for some Hawaii posts in the near future! In the meantime, here’s a sneak peak 🙂

My friend and former neighbor Martha [we lived next to each other for 7 years before I moved to Ipswich to live with hubby] is downsizing, and asked if I’d come to her house last week to see if I’d be interested in anything she was getting rid of. Yay!

NINE DARK MOONS

I am ALISON, aka Nine Dark Moons. Welcome to my little corner of the world! I hope you will stay a while & read some stories about my DIY projects, my creative exploits, and the adorable animals that cross my path.